for all of us. for real people to do the >>> robots have long been considered the foes to job, since automation lessened the need for real people to do the work. but as joe vasquez shows us, that concept may have turned on its head. >> reporter: in the movies, some of them are smart. others are helpful. >> i could help you, miss judy. >> reporter: or just plain menacing. in real life, robots look more like this. and the notion that they kill human jobs is becoming a concept of the past. in fact, robots are now being credited for keeping jobs in the u.s. >> what robots are able to do is they're i believe -- they're able to make companies more competitive. so we've seen that companies have stopped moving manufacturing overseas and some companies are starting to bring that back. >> reporter: john is the ceo of the silicon valley based company adept. here they're building bots that work with and can move around people. others don't mingle in the hallway as much but people still run them, so man and mach